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When the pandemic hit, many American parents found themselves muddling through homeschooling for the first time—but Elizabeth Beall is an old pro: She’s been teaching her 13-year-old daughter from home since kindergarten. Over the years, Beall, who lives in California, has learned that homeschooling works best when it doesn’t just happen at home, so she slowly built up a network of parents—mostly moms—who share ideas in Facebook groups and sometimes get the kids together in person for educational and social activities. Beall has formed tight bonds with many of the moms—and they’ve found that the Facebook groups are handy places...

If there is a cool addition to creating, of course it is a sidewalk chalk ideas that will give happiness to anyone passing by. This time I was really serious, a lot of creative people out there creating art with sidewalks that had become a tradition throughout the years. Although now technology has developed rapidly and there are many other cleaner painting activities, the art of chalk remains a favorite activity for everyone, both adults, teens and children, to love it. There are so many creative ideas and amazing photo opportunities, in fact I hope to have a lot of...

Dear Arkansas Parents whose children’s summer camps have been canceled, or who have simply decided against sending their child this year: You have landed at a safe place. Look, I understand this isn’t actual summer camp. We’ve made it through schooling-at-home and shutdowns and closed stores; I bet we can pull ourselves up by our tough Arkansas bootstraps and continue to carry on as we maintain social distance and due diligence during a pandemic. With a collection of ideas on my part and a handful of ingenuity on yours, plus a dose of the creativity only children can deliver, we’ll...

Many parents are left scrambling with our kids at home for weeks on end and out of school. We want to make sure we’re giving our kids some opportunities for education while experts are encouraging us to keep our kids away from crowds. Thankfully, companies and organizations are coming together to find ways to keep our kids from boredom and us from stressing. The Cincinnati Zoo is closed to the public right now, but they’re putting its animals online, and here are the details.The Cincinnati Zoo has closed its zoo to the public, but they’re still doing what they can...

Screen time. It is almost taboo nowadays to say that you give your kids any screen time. In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines recommending parents to limit screen time for children under 5 years old. And for children under the age of 2, WHO advocated for zero screen time. Less is better. — World Health Organization Research There are tons of research that back WHO’s recommendations, linking increased screen time to possible issues like an increased risk for inattention problems like ADHD; the prevalence of adiposity and insulin resistance and increases in depressive symptoms and suicidal tendencies....